When CNN's Sanjay Gupta's name was floating around in the early days of the Obama administration as possibly the next Surgeon General I wasn't too thrilled with the idea of a TV personality being the top doc of the U.S. Because of some lily-livered U.N. doctors in Haiti, it's a good thing that he didn't accept the position.
From CNN...
Earthquake victims, writhing in pain and grasping at life, watched doctors and nurses walk away from a field hospital Friday night after a Belgian medical team evacuated the area, saying it was concerned about security.
The decision left CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta as the only doctor at the hospital to get the patients through the night.
Gupta monitored patients' vital signs, administered painkillers and continued intravenous drips. He stabilized three new patients in critical condition. At 3:45 a.m., he posted a message on Twitter: "pulling all nighter at haiti field hosp. lots of work, but all patients stable. turned my crew into a crack med team tonight."
It's good to see that Sanjay didn't forget the Hippocratic oath.
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